why in the world would the people of california want to reduce their death sentence? >> a similar proposition to repeal the death penalty went before voters in 2004 and defeated 53 to 47%. diane. >> thank you, kimberly. we will have a complete live coverage of the local and national races on election night. and you can logon to bayarea.com where we will have a complete list of the results. >>> and about 7,000 union members throughout the state are now on strike. this is the scene at the knob hill store in alameda today. they have been picketting since 6:00 this morning after the deadline passed at midnight without agreement. they have been in negotiations for more than a year and the main sticking points at this point are health care benefits and proposed wage freeze and elimination of premium pay for sunday shifts. the workers are fighting to keep those benefits. >> we want our holiday pays and our sunday pays. we work hard and we deserve it, and our families deserve it. >> the strike is the company's first in the 77-year history. management says that the company has